Author Topic: Who here likes roller coasters? (Read 3219 times)

chum1 · March 23, 2007, 11:55:52 PM

I sure do!

fatty fat fat · March 24, 2007, 12:48:46 AM

RIP Orient Express.

Honestly, I just prefer "The Nile"

GoldbrickGangBoss · March 25, 2007, 07:14:15 PM

Haven't been on one in forever.

The Orient Express was awesome though.

chum1 · March 25, 2007, 10:16:41 PM

I went on one for the first time in about ten years last summer. It was a total blast. I used to ride them all the time, so I didn't think anything of it - just kind of sat back and relaxed like I was going on a cruise or something. The acceleration and speed caught me completely off guard. I literally said "holy crap" out loud (I'm not sure I'd ever done that for real before) on the first drop.

fatty fat fat · March 25, 2007, 10:30:03 PM

just a little fwiw, but "roller coaster tycoon" is a salty PC game.

jeffy · March 26, 2007, 09:49:04 AM

I love that first drop on The Mamba.

FBWillie · March 26, 2007, 10:36:07 AM

I miss both the zambeezee zinger and the oriant express, but the patriot is pretty bad ass.

Love Roller Coasters.

KSUTOMMY · March 26, 2007, 12:25:46 PM

I love any extreme roller coasters! Have any of you all been to six flags Magic Mountain in CA? There are a few "crap your pants" rides there. There was a Batman ride back when the first Batman movie came out, you feet hung freely under you and at one point you swear that your feet are going to smack the ground - but there is a hole in the ground that is covered in that "smoke" stuff, so it appears that you will be a para-palegic for the rest of you life- the illusion is a classic.

billhrrlbrnk · March 26, 2007, 01:35:23 PM

What was the stand up coaster at Worlds of Fun about 15-20 years ago? It was called the DDT or something???
I went to WOF for the first time in years last summer and road the Patriot about 10 times. Went on a weekday about 11 AM. It was great.

cas · June 04, 2007, 10:37:26 AM

Quote from: fatty fat fat on March 25, 2007, 10:30:03 PM

just a little fwiw, but "roller coaster tycoon" is a salty PC game.

Salty, very salty indeed.

pissclams · June 04, 2007, 02:04:24 PM

the mamab was really scary, i felt like an old pussy when i got off. (i was at WOF with 5 girls who all loved it)
they rode it again. i didn't.

chum1 · June 04, 2007, 02:23:14 PM

Quote from: pissclams on June 04, 2007, 02:04:24 PM

they rode it again. i didn't.

Oh man. That's bad. I already had my first dose of amusement park fun this year. I did ten "thrill" rides in about four hours. I started to feel a little sick during hour three.

pissclams · June 04, 2007, 02:26:19 PM

it's really not bad. i just prefer not to feel like my heart is going to come out of my chest and/or stop beating when the ride stops.
the chicks got back in line, i got a gatorade.

FBWillie · June 04, 2007, 02:43:11 PM

At work, me and a group of people go to WOF every year...

The boomarang always &@#%s me up... I get made fun of at work due to being a self proclaimed pussy because I won't ride it unless it's the last ride of the day. Something about going upsidedown - backwards just makes me sick to my stomache.... never thrown up from it though.

konofo · June 04, 2007, 03:21:59 PM

Come down to Busch Gardens in Tampa and ride Sheikra. Two face-down straight vertical drops, and they leave you hanging at the edge of the first descent, so you can stare at the ground a few extra seconds before you drop.

kono

RonLongshaft · June 04, 2007, 08:20:24 PM

i love the boomarang but rarely get to ride it when i make it to WOF cause everyone i normally go with won't ride it for the reason of going backwards upside etc..

ChicagoCat · June 05, 2007, 01:34:22 AM

I love coasters, I'm headed to cedar point in ohio this summer. 17 roller coasters including one that goes 120 mph and 410 ft high. I I cant wait.

CatWoman · June 05, 2007, 02:04:17 AM

Quote from: MikeCats on June 05, 2007, 01:34:22 AM

I love coasters, I'm headed to cedar point in ohio this summer. 17 roller coasters including one that goes 120 mph and 410 ft high. I I cant wait.

Isn't that the one that goes STRAIGHT fricken down?

You got a link to it?? I think I got the pictures in an email, and the last pic showed a chick who just got off, and had pissed her pants.

ChicagoCat · June 05, 2007, 03:40:56 AM

On their website they got a picture. It pretty much looks like a nascar track but with half of it completely vertical and the other half horizontal.

chum1 · June 05, 2007, 06:51:55 AM

Cedar Point is definitely roller coaster heaven.

pissclams · June 05, 2007, 08:57:59 AM

Quote from: MikeCats on June 05, 2007, 03:40:56 AM

On their website they got a picture. It pretty much looks like a nascar track but with half of it completely vertical and the other half horizontal.

That's the Top Thrill Dragster. LOL @ it (big yellow bump in middle of park).

CatWoman · June 05, 2007, 09:52:54 AM

Ooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh pissclams, that's the one! Holy sheet!

Dang, where's the throw-up icon? JEEZ! That other one looks pretty friggin WICKED too!

pissclams · June 05, 2007, 10:14:20 AM

fatty fat fat · June 05, 2007, 10:21:51 AM

I got made fun of in HS for saying "the nile" was my fav WOF park ride. And they weren't even the cool kids making fun.

FBWillie · June 05, 2007, 11:19:45 AM

Quote from: fatty fat fat on June 05, 2007, 10:21:51 AM

I got made fun of in HS for saying "the nile" was my fav WOF park ride. And they weren't even the cool kids making fun.

I loved that ride when I was younger and didn't care that the water smelled like dead fish and Poop. Was also cooler when there where jets of water that randomly shot up in the air.

Now... not so much. They should have a shower and soap located at the end of that ride.

dr00d · June 05, 2007, 05:54:45 PM

haha, I can't remember the last time I went to WoF....It's about 10 minutes from my house now and I wouldn't go near it. By what the locals say (people who have lived here a lot longer than I), i don't think any of them have gone in 10 years either.

Either way, I was scared early on by my dad tricking me in going on the zambizi zinger when I was like 10. Since then, I haven't liked coasters at all. Although, when I was in high school, I beared it to go on all of them with my girlfriend at the time, so I wouldn't look like a big pussy.

CatWoman · June 06, 2007, 01:46:33 AM

Who here, has been on the Tower of Terror or the HULK at Disney World?

SUPERKSUFAN · June 07, 2007, 12:16:55 PM

Quote from: CatWoman on June 06, 2007, 01:46:33 AM

Who here, has been on the Tower of Terror or the HULK at Disney World?

The Hulk at Universal Studios/Orlando, FL... I like the Batman ride at Six Flags in St. Louis but, the Hulk was better.

SUPERKSUFAN · June 07, 2007, 12:18:54 PM

Quote from: billhrrlbrnk on March 26, 2007, 01:35:23 PM

What was the stand up coaster at Worlds of Fun about 15-20 years ago? It was called the DDT or something???
I went to WOF for the first time in years last summer and road the Patriot about 10 times. Went on a weekday about 11 AM. It was great.

I know the one you are talking about - first it was stand up, then it was sit down and then they got rid of it and put up the Timber Wolf....wasn't the stand up one called the EXT or something like that???

dmartin · June 07, 2007, 01:52:58 PM

Quote from: CatWoman on June 06, 2007, 01:46:33 AM

Who here, has been on the Tower of Terror or the HULK at Disney World?

Tower of Terror was great. Waiting two hours in line to ride it wasn't.